Raquillet's 2007 Mercurey Les Veleys Revelation represents a segregation of the fruit from his two parcels of oldest (centenarian) vines, and two of the three barrels in which it was raised for 18 months were new. Peaty-smoky and redolent of dark fruits and forest floor, it comes onto the palate quite meaty and substantial as well as persistently smoky and tartly-edged, finishing on toasted nuts; roasted red meats; plum and dark cherry with the bitterness of their fruits; chalk, salt, and peat. What this might lack in charm it makes up for in fascinating complexity and sheer grip. There is impressive concentration and plenty of fine-grained tannin, and it might well be worth following for 3-5 years, though I would enjoy some young and plan to keep close tabs on any bottles in my cellar, just as with most other wines of its vintage.
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